SHANGHAI, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Chinese men's football team of 31 players boarded a chartered flight bound for Doha, Qatar earlier on Thursday, not knowing the date of return. China took a large squad to Doha where they will be joined by Espanyol strik...

New Delhi [India], August 25 (ANI): Amid rising security concerns in India over the recent Taliban takeover of Afghanistan and Beijing's claims of sovereignty on the South China Sea, Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat on Wednesday said that b...

HANOI, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported a new high of 12,096 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, surpassing the previous daily record of 11,321 cases from Aug. 21, according to the country's Ministry of Health. The new infections included 12,093 loc...

Hanoi [Vietnam], August 25 (ANI): Hitting out at China for the second time in the last two days, US Vice President Kamala Harris called upon the international community to challenge Beijing's "bullying" and excessive maritime claims in Indo-Pacific. ...

BEIJING, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. - - - - MOSCOW -- Russia registered 19,536 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 6,804,910, the offic...

Hanoi [Vietnam], August 25 (ANI): US Vice President Kamala Harris met with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Wednesday and assured the US assistance to the country to protect its rights in the South China Sea and several other areas, a med...

VIENTIANE, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Lao Ministry of Health reported 952 new COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, the highest ever daily tally since the outbreak began in March last year. Deputy Director General of the Department of Communicable Diseases Cont...

New York [USA], August 25 (ANI/PRNewswire): It is estimated that global eCommerce sales will reach $5 trillion by 2022 and $6 trillion by 2024, according toWith new COVID-19 variants emerging, some parts of the world are facing further lockdowns and ...

Beijing [China], August 25 (ANI): China, which is the world's largest creditor, is shockingly using confidentiality clauses barring borrowers from revealing terms and conditions of the engagement or even the existence of the debt itself. Internationa...

VIENTIANE, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- The second batch of COVID-19 vaccines donated by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) to the Lao People's Army, carried by PLA Air Force's Y-20 transport aircraft, has arrived at Wattay International Airport in Lao capita...

"You can't buy the will to fight." This comment by James Clapper, the former director of National Intelligence of the United States, is an astute remark on the recent collapse of the Afghan government and military.I would add, however, that perhaps y...

HANOI, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 10,811 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, including 10,797 locally transmitted and 14 imported, according to the country's Ministry of Health. The new infections brought the total tally to 369,267, with 9,014 d...

Chennai [India], August 24 (ANI/BusinessWire India):Respondents noted some clear benefits of having conversations on video including better engagement rates. When using video, 67 percent of respondents indicated they felt the participants ranged from...

PHNOM PENH, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's COVID-19 case total has risen to 90,107 on Tuesday after 466 fresh infections were reported across the Southeast Asian nation, the health ministry said in a statement. The new infections included 372 domesti...

PHNOM PENH, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia-China ties would be deeper-rooted in the future thanks to their solidarity, frequent exchanges of high-level visits, frank dialogues, and mutual respect and support, said a prominent scholar in Cambodia. In an...

HO CHI MINH CITY, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Legislators of southern Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) on Tuesday elected Phan Van Mai as the new chairman of the municipal People's Committee for the 2021-2026 period, replacing Nguyen Thanh Phong, Vietnam Ne...

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said Tuesday China "continues to coerce, to intimidate, and to make claims to the vast majority of the South China Sea."Speaking during a visit to Singapore, Harris said China's actions "continue to undermine the rul...